My schooling was at St George’s, Harpenden, England. There I was fortunate to have had a great art teacher who set me on my way, he taught me to start exploring the intellectual elements in painting.
I went to art schools at St Albans and Liverpool, where I obtained my degree. At Foundation course I had two inspirational tutors, one taught me to question, the other the passion. At my degree course my tutor thought I had no talent and kept telling me so – this was a challenge and taught me the anger needed to survive.
Four years at art school seemed enough, I was anxious to get out and paint in the real world away from the apathy of art students, so I rejected the idea of a post-graduate course. Instead I worked on a series of large landscapes in London for two years.
I returned to St Albans Art School to teach life drawing for three years.
In 1979 I moved to Italy to paint full time, working on landscapes and trying to learn about light and colour.
In 1997 I moved to Northern Spain to work from a different landscape. I have also developed still life further, this I have always considered an intense & controllable discipline.
I only started showing my work in galleries in 1996, prior to that I felt I wasn’t ready. I now work in two studios, one in Kent, England and the other in Catalonia, Spain.